little walnut Juglandaceae Juglans microcarpa

Leaf:Alternate, pinnately compound, 13 to 21 leaflets, each 1 1/2 to 4 inches long, lanceolate or narrowly ovate, finely serrated, often curved, entire leaf 8 to 12 inches long, green above and paler below, aromatic when crushed.
Flower:Species is monoecious; male flowers yellow-green in hanging catkins on last years twigs; females small, yellow-green at the ends of branches usually in a small cluster; appearing in spring with the leaves.
Fruit:Round nut, 1/2 to less than an inch in diameter; husk is thin and indehiscent, initially yellow-green but turning brown with age; nut with a hard, thick, deeply grooved shell, edible but small nut; ripening in the fall.
Twig:Moderately stout, initially green but turning gray-brown; leaf scars rasied, 3-lobed; buds light brown, fuzzy; pith brown and chambered.
Bark:Gray but becoming darker with age, roughly ridged and furrowed.
Form:A small multi-trunked tree or large shrub reaching up to 30 feet with a wide spreading crown.

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